Sunday, July 12, 2026

UN World Health Organisation (WHO)

October 3, 2024

IOM records 22% increase in people displaced in Haiti

IOM said gang violence had forced more than 110,000 people to flee their homes in the last seven months, particularly in Gressier.

Gang violence in Haiti
June 21, 2024

WHO announces global resurgence of cholera; 1,900 deaths recorded

WHO has announced a spike in cholera in several regions of the world, with almost 195,000 cases and over 1,900 deaths reported in 24 countries.

Cholera patients
May 3, 2024

WHO inaugurates vaccination in Niger to contain meningitis epidemic

Unlike previous jabs, the new meningitis vaccine is single-dose and protects against five strains of the infection.

NIGERIaN KIDS
February 2, 2024

Cancer rates to increase to 77% by 2050, says UN

Global cancer cases are expected to rise around 77 per cent by the middle of the century, UN health authorities said on Thursday.

CANCER PATIENTS
January 23, 2024

Gaza war spreads to hospital as death toll surpasses 25,000

The WHO spokesperson added that only 14 hospitals are still functioning in Gaza.

Israeli-Gaza war
August 26, 2023

Thousands of Sudanese children at “imminent risk of death,” UN warns

The organisation said it was “deeply disturbing” that some children were being used in the fighting.

Children in Sudan (Credit: Humanium)